All pre-registered players are invited to an open gym prior to tryouts on Thursday 11/2 from 7-9 in the PLHS Blue Gym! No additional cost, there will be adult coaches there to monitor, but there will be no evaluations. Fully optional!
We are currently working on finalizing information for the upcoming season including securing space, coaches and other logistics. We are opening the Tryout Registration link for the upcoming season. We plan to have at least one team at the 12, 13, and 14s levels, and have room for up to 3 more teams assuming we have players and coaches for those teams. We are also open to running a 15s team this year as we have had a lot of support in the years past with that age group. All decisions will be based on preregistration numbers, so encourage friends and teammates to get their information in as soon as possible. Tryouts for the 13s and 14s level will be on the night of 11/7 at PLHS at 7pm (registration starts at 6:30). The 11s and 12s level will be at 11/9 at the same time and place. If we have numbers for a 15s team we will set a tryout date the week of 11/12. We will contact those registered with follow up information. The season will run like the past, practices on Tuesday and Thursday nights (after 6:30, time slots will be the same every night for each team), with 8 playing events throughout the year. We will start up after Thanksgiving and go until the end of April. Here is the link if you do not see it above: https://priorlakevolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/372868728
The document above lists the players who are offered a spot this year for PL Extreme. Thank you to everyone who tried out. The decisions were very difficult. Players will have practice on Nov 30 and Dec 2 with their age groups. Times will be posted soon. After those age group sessions, teams will be divided. This is to ensure a fairer evaluation process and to properly balance out positions on each team. If you are offered a spot, please click on the link above to complete the season registration and JVA forms. The due date is Monday, 11/14 to confirm your commitment to the club. Thanks again for the support.
We are hard at work crunching evaluation numbers and will have the club roster posted tonight right in this spot. This year we are trying something new to make sure we are constructing rosters the best that we can. We will only be posting the overall roster of players. We will have age level practices on Nov 30 and Dec 2. After those two practices we will divide out the teams. This format is used by neighboring clubs and at Northern Lights, so we are going to give it a try. We hope to have the roster posted by 10 pm.
Thank you!
We will be hosting Tryouts for PL Extreme at Prior Lake High School on November 8th for 13/14s (7th and 8th Grade) and November 10th for 11/12s (5th and 6th Grades). Players who can not make their age tryout will have a makeup the opposite night. Tryouts will go from 7-9 pm in the Blue Gym. All players will need to register for a tryout, the link is above, but can also be found here: https://priorlakevolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/070150905
1. Paid Coaches. They are not being paid a lot, but enough to partially compensate the time away from their families and to attract local coaching talent. Most of our coaches are experienced in coaching club and high school. We will also have HS assistants on each team.
2. About 2 practices a week from after Thanksgiving to the end of April. We have 3 courts, so we have an early shift and late shift for each team to get a full court to practice on. Generally all practices are Tuesday and Thursday nights in the Blue Gym at PLHS. There are weeks when we get bumped for school events, but we will generally get two practices a week in.
3. We have budgeted for 8 events. 5 at the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse and 3 additional tournaments. That should mean about 2 weekend events a month or so starting in mid January. Most are one day events. At least one will be a two day event. Generally tournaments are in the Metro area, Rochester or Mankato.
4. Unlike other associations, we ask for no volunteer hours and no volunteer roles. Your responsibility as a parent will be to support and transport. We will take care of the rest.
5. There is a cost, however we are significantly lower than our neighboring clubs (check Shakopee and Burnsville out to be sure). We know that volleyball is expensive, so we do everything we can to make this a high quality club at an affordable cost. We offer payment plans as well to make this more manageable.
6. There will be tryouts and teams are created based on evaluations. We usually keep 10 players per team. This is to ensure that all players get value in the season. We will play positional volleyball, and while some players will play more than others- all players will have a role and will play every match.
Hopefully this helps answer questions people might have!
Team placements are listed on the PDF just above this message. Congratulations to all players who made a team!
By midnight on Sunday, we need these two things:
An email with more information will be sent out later tonight to all parents with more information. The season schedule is being built and will be added to Sports Engine by Wednesday of this week for all teams. We are looking forward to the season!!
Teams will be posted right here by 5:00 pm today. There will be instructions for what to do next also added. We will need your Season Registration (including payment) completed and uniforms ordered by Sunday night at midnight. Both of those links will be located here. Schedules are currently being made, we hope to have them finalized for the season by Wednesday.
Last call for tryouts! Please register if you are planning on trying out next week. Due to low registration numbers, we will not be offering a 15/16s team this year. We have refunded tryout fees and emailed those affected. As of now, we plan to have 5 teams (2 at the 11/12 level and 3 at the 13/14 level), however we will readjust that if the numbers change in the last few days.
We are currently working to provide club volleyball options again this winter! Our hope is to have at least one team at the 11s, 12s, 13s, and 14s levels. If there is demand for older teams or second teams we will consider it when we get numbers in from registration. As of now, we expect tryouts to be mid November for all teams. Stay tuned! However, we encourage everyone to play this fall!! Our partners at PLAY have fall traveling for incoming grades 5-8, registration can be found at www.playinfo.org/plvolleyball
We regret to inform you that at this time we will not be having teams for the winter season. Logistical concerns, including but not limited to staffing and gym space have made it impossible to provide a quality experience for our athletes. We hope you are able to find alternative options. Please check out Burnsville Thunder, Shakopee Juniors or New Prague Juniors for possible options. Otherwise the big clubs- M1, Vital, 43, Northern Lights should have training options for our players. We will revisit this decision in January, and if the conditions have changed and we have interest we can see if we can make short season teams for Feb-May. We will post information here and send it out on our club listserv.
-Directors
Due to concerns regarding COVID-19, we are suspending all activities until further notice. There will be no practices or events.
We are exploring a short season (April and May) 12s Boys team this year for 5th and 6th grade boys. We will have a meeting at 6pm on Thursday 2/27 at 6pm at PLHS in room B207. If you have any interest in this at all, please fill out the form below to receive additional information.
Congratulations to all players who made a team. If your daughter did not make a team, we encourage you to look into other neighboring clubs for potential options including Burnsville Thunder Volleyball club and Shakopee Volleyball Association.
Action Steps for players who made a team: This must all be done by Noon on Sunday, Nov 17th (in the next 48 hours)
Tryouts are just around the corner! Make sure to register if you haven't already done so. We have a few updates:
1. We do not have enough players for a 15s or 16s team. So we have refunded payments for the registrants and will not be running a tryout for that age group. Players interested at that level should check out Burnsville Thunder or Shakopee Volleyball Club for tryouts at that age level.
2. Coaches are assigned. The 11s and 12s are fluid, but that will be figured out by Wednesday.
3. We will be running an 11s team, and will be open to 4th graders trying out. Please spread the word.
4. Walk ins will be allowed, but the cost is $40, so pre-register and save some cash!
Announcing the dates for tryouts for the 2019-20 Season. 11/12s (5th and 6th Grade) and 16s (9th/10th Grade) will tryout on Tuesday, November 12th from 6:30 to 8:30. 13s (7th Grade) and 14s (8th Grade), will tryout on November 14th from 6:30 to 8:30. All tryouts will be at PLHS in the Blue Gym.
Teams will be determined by preregistration.
The Tryout Registration Link is live!
https://priorlakevolleyball.sportngin.com/register/form/616819965
Prior Lake Extreme Volleyball Club is focused on providing local youth a competitive environment to learn and fine tune volleyball skills both individually and as a team. We provide an affordable option to play traveling JO volleyball for girls between the ages of 11 and 15.
After a very difficult process, we were able to post teams for the 12-14 age groups. Congratulations to all who made it. For those who didn't we are looking for options to continue playing. An email will be sent out shortly with some possible options. Team/club registration and uniform information will be sent out within the next 24 hours to players who were placed on a team.